Jeanise Dalli

Jeanise Dalli serves as a Part-Time Lecturer in the Faculty of Laws at the University of Malta, teaching and coordinating courses on 'Refugee Law and Policy Issues' and 'Refugee Law and Society'. Concurrently, she is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Law and Anthropology at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle, Germany.

Her academic foundation includes a Bachelor of Laws Degree, Diploma in Notarial Studies, and Doctorate in Law (LLD) from the University of Malta. Prior to doctoral studies, she practiced civil/criminal litigation and refugee law at Maltese law firms and was admitted to the Maltese bar in 2016.

Dalli's research centers on law's interplay with cultural practices, focusing on human rights, bodily regulation, and migration law within multicultural societies. Her doctoral project 'Regulating Genital Modifications in Malta and the UK' extends her prior analysis of Malta's female genital mutilation legislation, comparing regulatory models across Europe (Italy, UK, France) and North America (Canada, US). She champions anthropological perspectives to reveal law as both constitutive of and constituted by social relations.

Scientific Awards: None documented in source materials.

Advising and Professional Activities: While coordinating university courses, no graduate student supervision or research grants are specified. Her legal practice includes bar admission in Malta and refugee law casework.

Research Context: Work occurs within the Max Planck Institute's Department of Law and Anthropology framework, though no dedicated labs or teams are referenced.